The Pete Bevacqua Thread

[Jiggafini19Deux]

October 3rd in Chapel Hill, don't spare the rod. Hang 70 on Syracuse in their place, too. They'll enjoy the extra ticket sales and TV eyeballs.

 

[DCDomer]

October 3rd in Chapel Hill, don't spare the rod. Hang 70 on Syracuse in their place, too. They'll enjoy the extra ticket sales and TV eyeballs.

I'll 100% be at that game.

 

[IrishinSyria]

Mmmm....I dunno. On one hand, it's nice to promote Leahy and the university. On the other hand, I'm not crazy about giving money to a guy that could have potentially cost us multi-millions and a legit chance at another trophy. Maybe show me your dance card and how you voted for final determination
[EDIT] Apparently Freeman wrote a foreword for his book and as a result Ivan had the CFP recuse him when it came to voting for ND. That kinda sucks, probably hurt us more than anything not having that vote, but whatever. I guess he's okay.

Recusals in this context are the dumbest fucking thing. It’s not like people are unaware of how their rankings of other teams affect the teams they’re theoretically recused from discussing.

 

[ulukinatme]

Recusals in this context are the dumbest fucking thing. It’s not like people are unaware of how their rankings of other teams affect the teams they’re theoretically recused from discussing.

Probably, but there's a scenario too where if he ranks ND even one spot higher than everyone else it'll bring into question bias (Cause the committee is all unbiased, right??)

 

[IrishinSyria]

Probably, but there's a scenario too where if he ranks ND even one spot higher than everyone else it'll bring into question bias (Cause the committee is all unbiased, right??)

Sure, but then how’s he supposed to rank Miami, Alabama, and BYU? With a placeholder for ND? And is anything he says about those schools also biased, since it obviously impacts ND?

I don’t know they clearly decided to staff the committee with deeply conflicted people, I feel like trying to recuse around it is a joke.

 

[stlnd01]

Probably, but there's a scenario too where if he ranks ND even one spot higher than everyone else it'll bring into question bias (Cause the committee is all unbiased, right??)

Unlike the committee chair who is a sitting athletic director in a conference that has five teams in the playoff including the one that got its balls kicked in the night before the final vote.
He wouldn't anywhere near as biased as someone who wrote a book about a coach from 80 years ago.

 

[IrishTusker]

Unlike the committee chair who is a sitting athletic director in a conference that has five teams in the playoff including the one that got its balls kicked in the night before the final vote.
He wouldn't anywhere near as biased as someone who wrote a book about a coach from 80 years ago.

And who had to fire his coach the day after ND beat his team into the ground earlier in the season. I doubt that made him want to vote for ND later on.

 

[Irish#1]

And who had to fire his coach the day after ND beat his team into the ground earlier in the season. I doubt that made him want to vote for ND later on.

Their HC was already on the hot seat. There had been a lot of speculation that he would be fired at some point. MF and company simply provided him with a reason to do it during the season instead of waiting until the season was over.

 

[arrowryan]

Their HC was already on the hot seat. There had been a lot of speculation that he would be fired at some point. MF and company simply provided him with a reason to do it during the season instead of waiting until the season was over.

And then they made the worst hire out of any P4 team during the carousel

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

Recusals in this context are the dumbest fucking thing. It’s not like people are unaware of how their rankings of other teams affect the teams they’re theoretically recused from discussing.

Feels like its an unwritten rule that they should be done, so you can choose your own adventure and recuse yourself from a situation or not. In a situation of glaringly obvious conflict of interest, it's ultimately up to the individual as to how they wish to proceed.

 

[RDU Irish]

Their HC was already on the hot seat. There had been a lot of speculation that he would be fired at some point. MF and company simply provided him with a reason to do it during the season instead of waiting until the season was over.

https://www.irishenvy.com/threads/an-open-letter-to-cfp-chairman-hunter-yuradik.3051801/

Is the current work product really any worse than any other results Yuradik has presided over at Arkansas?

With player development like this
2025 Arkansas Razorbacks in the NFL | Ourlads.com
Its no wonder they lead the league in portal transfers. They aren't even a feeder to the SEC with their players moving out of SEC and most of what they pick up is scrubs off of other SEC teams. But Hunter knows championship football!

 

[TNUtoNotreDame]

 

[Dale]

Can someone photoshop a photo of Pete in the On3 news style that just says “Productive Gathering”

 

[bumpdaddy]

 

[ndfanatic78]

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Bring out the gimp!

 

[Katzenboyer]

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POTY candidate.

 

[ulukinatme]

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[Meatloaf]

This guy is way in over his head and the sooner NDs admin recognizes, the better.

EDIT: this has nothing to do with Stinkin Lincoln and USC.

 

[TNUtoNotreDame]

This guy is way in over his head and the sooner NDs admin recognizes, the better.

Why? The usc thing predates him.

 

[IrishTusker]

This guy is way in over his head and the sooner NDs admin recognizes, the better.

What concessions should he have made to USC? Why should ND make all the concessions? If they don't want to continue to rivalry in good faith, fine. Whatever.

 

[calvegas04]

This guy is way in over his head and the sooner NDs admin recognizes, the better.

EDIT: this has nothing to do with Stinkin Lincoln and USC.

What does it have to do with?

 

[rikkitikki08]

This guy is way in over his head and the sooner NDs admin recognizes, the better.

EDIT: this has nothing to do with Stinkin Lincoln and USC.

Ok elaborate if it has nothing to do with USC, you very well could be right but what gives you the impression he’s in over his head?

 

[NDPhilly]

If the NBC Sports Chairman with a law background is in over his head then good luck finding someone better

 

[FWIrish4]

Did the 24/7 board make its way over here??

 

[IrishTusker]

To be fair, it does seem like he got rolled by the committee. The sport is highly corrupt, so maybe a loud, public campaign would have helped. But if it was about money, maybe not. Unless he was going to offer to distribute ND's playoff share to SEC teams or something.

 

[DomeFieldAdvantage]

I am starting to change my opinion on him. He has absolutely lost the PR battle which should have been an easy win after we were the victims of a corrupt system.

And its not just because ESPN had all their talking head turn on us. Leaking the guaranteed spot with the MoU was nothing but shooting ourselves in the foot. It did nothing to satisfy fans that saw the obvious way it could be worked around by the committee, but enraged fans of every other team, and reportedly some ADs, and is now, accurately or not, being cited as one reason USC backed out of the series, once again turning the public against us and in favor of them in a situation where we are seemingly the victim of others' actions.

I know we'll never be everyone's favorite, but we had some general goodwill with Freeman being so likable and we threw that all away for essentially nothing.

And, frankly, I don't think he sees it the same way after it was leaked about how we had the meeting with the ACC and seemingly are going to get concessions from them. It does nothing to mollify our fans while enraging the rest of the college football community.

Its like he is trying to play to an audience of our fans, when really we don't care if we ever hear of a thing he does as long as he is helping put us in a better spot to win a national championship.

I think he should take a lesson from great American poet Dwayne Michael Carter Jr. -- "Real G's move in silence like lasagna."

 

[TNUtoNotreDame]

My only complaint is He seemed to go hard on the ACC, but now he’s pussyfoot around with them. I hate the arrangement and I hope that he’s looking for alternatives

 

[irishknight35]

I am starting to change my opinion on him. He has absolutely lost the PR battle which should have been an easy win after we were the victims of a corrupt system. And its not just because ESPN had all their talking head turn on us. Leaking the guaranteed spot with the MoU was nothing but shooting ourselves in the foot. It did nothing to satisfy fans that saw the obvious way it could be worked around by the committee, but enraged fans of every other team, and reportedly some ADs, and is now, accurately or not, being cited as one reason USC backed out of the series, once again turning the public against us and in favor of them in a situation where we are seemingly the victim of others' actions. I know we'll never be everyone's favorite, but we had some general goodwill with Freeman being so likable and we threw that all away for essentially nothing.

Then you've fallen for the same false propaganda of all those fans/talking heads and USC's bullshit reasoning. The MoU was a known agreement with the CFP since at least this past spring. A deal that was signed in 2024. Don't hold water for those pussies.

 

[allenm5333]

Then you've fallen for the same false propaganda of all those fans/talking heads and USC's bullshit reasoning. The MoU was a known agreement with the CFP since at least this past spring. A deal that was signed in 2024. Don't hold water for those pussies.

I remember people talking about the MoU. If other college admins just found out about this, they are idiots and/or need better lawyers

 

[stlnd01]

Then you've fallen for the same false propaganda of all those fans/talking heads and USC's bullshit reasoning. The MoU was a known agreement with the CFP since at least this past spring. A deal that was signed in 2024. Don't hold water for those pussies.

Yep. The MOU should have surprised no one. Except the outrage addicts on ESPN I guess.